The Last Of Us: HBO series based on the video game casts Pedro Pascal to star as Joel

HBO has chosen Pedro Pascal, ‘The Mandalorian’ star, to play Joel in the new series, ‘The Last Of Us’
The series is an adaptation of the critically acclaimed video game, developed by Naughty Dog, exclusively for the PlayStation platforms.
The production marks Pascal’s return to HBO, where played Oberyn Martell on HBO’s mega-hit Game Of Thrones.

But Pedro Pascal is not the single former Game Of Thrones star in ‘The Last Of Us’.
Previously, Bella Ramsey, known for her role as the fierce Lyanna Mormont in ‘Game of Thrones’, was announced to set to play Ellie.

The fierce portrayal of Lyanna Mormont marked her acting debut, then with 12 years. Ramsey has 17 years-old today.
After GoT, Ramsey has dubbed the Netflix animation Hilda and appear in ‘His Dark Materials’ season 2.

Besides starring in Disney+’s popular and acclaimed series ‘The Mandalorian’, Pascal played the villain, Max Lord, in Wonder Woman 1984. Currently he in production on Judd Apatow’s ‘The Bubble’ for Netflix.

‘The Last Of Us’ is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television. PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and game developer Naughty Dog produce.
The writer and creative director of the game, Neil Druckmann serves as executive producer. The series is writing by Craig Mazin, who created ‘Chernobyl’, other HBO’s acclaimed series.
Also executive producing are Carolyn Strauss, Naughty Dog’s Evan Wells, and Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan of PlayStation Productions.

The Last Of Us plot

The story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Game of Thrones‘ Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey. They both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

Winner of numerous ‘game of the year’ awards, ‘The Last of Us’ took the world by storm when it was released in 2013. The game’s popularity has only grown since.
In your original release on the PlayStation 3 and re-release on the PlayStation 4, has sold more than 17 million copies.